Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2022-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weights over 850 were steady - 3.00 higher. Not enough to show any other comparisons. Demand was good on all offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.50/cwt on 987 head.

Average price

$160.50

987 head · 799 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$299

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$17.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.33

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	177.38	990	26
Medium and Large 1	805	160.04	1,289	961

One grade step is worth $17.34/cwt here — about −$299 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale987 hd

160.50

—

NE average4 barns · 3,467 hd

169.83

−9.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 lots · USDA AMS · Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	848	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	978	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	983	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,141	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	209.53/cwt	201.00–212.00	1,010	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	156.46/cwt	150.50–158.00	1,220	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	149.10/cwt	149.10–149.10	1,370	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	191.24/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,079	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	217.44/cwt	215.00–220.00	833	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	152.37/cwt	149.00–155.50	1,324	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	985	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,281	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	190.99/cwt	188.00–194.00	699	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	144.58/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,135	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	856	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	154.27/cwt	149.50–160.00	1,123	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	906	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,055	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,106	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	184.42/cwt	179.00–186.50	909	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	990	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,395	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	905	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	759	14

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Apr 4, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,340Last week 2,870Year ago 0

Compared to last week, weights over 850 were steady - 3.00 higher. Not enough to show any other comparisons. Demand was good on all offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	180.00	180.00
6	—	670	146.00	146.00
7	—	647	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	695	148.00	148.00
5	—	815	140.00	140.00
9	—	615	150.00	150.00
18	—	366	188.00–194.00	190.99
49	—	785	140.00–146.50	144.58
13	—	539	168.00	168.00
64	—	747	148.00	148.00
53	—	493	179.00–186.50	184.42
13	—	573	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	452	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	482	201.00–212.00	209.53
70	—	780	150.50–158.00	156.46
310	—	919	149.10	149.10
82	—	564	189.00–195.00	191.24
12	—	383	215.00–220.00	217.44
266	—	869	149.00–155.50	152.37
46	—	840	152.50	152.50
14	—	428	200.00	200.00
34	—	728	149.50–160.00	154.27
31	—	986	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	590	167.00	167.00
18	—	544	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	610	173.00	173.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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